Buy-side desks swing extra US$2.1 million into fixed income trading technology
By Sobia Hamid.
On average buy-side fixed income desks pushed US$2.1 million of additional budget into technology in 2016, according to new research from analyst...
Fed’s Treasury Market Practices Group sheds light on March liquidity crisis
Minutes of the 31 March meeting of the Federal Reserve’s Treasury Market Practices Group (TMPG), including an update on a 19 March call between...
Rates : Fully automatic? : Dan Barnes
Market volatility may shift rates back to voice in 2019
If predicted volatility pushes firms towards voice trading next year, rates traders will suffer from...
Primary markets: Give me some credit: Outlook for bond issuance in 2023
New issues provide liquidity and price points for bond traders; we assess the prospects for the year ahead.
As the cost of borrowing continues to...
Duff leads UK debt, EMEA FIG at SMBC
Matthew Duff has been named head of the EMEA financial investment group and UK debt syndicate at SMBC Group. He is based in London.
SMBC...
Bigger / smaller: What sizes are optimal for electronic trading?
Credit trading has been transformed by evolving electronic execution, which has allowed buy-side desks to express investment ideas in to the market using more...
Axe Trading appoint new CEO
Greville Lucking appointed CEO at AxeTrading
LONDON, 13 April 2022 – AxeTrading, the fixed income trading software company, announced today the appointment of Greville Lucking...
The 2020 vision for primary markets
New platform launches in 2020 will see intense competition to manage the bond issuance process. Dan Barnes reports.
Traders at buy-side firms are looking for...
Bond platforms report record trading volumes for March
The March 2020 numbers are in for bond trading platforms MarketAxess and Tradeweb and both have seen record results, in a period that has...
Industry moves closer to 24/7 on-chain collateral availability
A financing transaction from US Treasuries against USDC stablecoin has been completed on the Canton Network, the latest initiative of a working group aiming...
Does this year start with the smallest trades ever?
Trading activity in European bond markets at the start of 2024 has had the highest trade count of the past three years by some...
Analysis: Market response to US Treasury’s increased borrowing needs
The US Treasury’s need to increase debt issuance, beyond market expectations, has had several effects. Firstly there was a ratings downgrade of the USA...
